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Is It Lunar or Lunacy?
Sixth graders are introduced to the moon and its phases. Individually, they draw a sketch of each phase of the moon and read a short article about Galileo. To end the lesson, they examine the difference between refracting and...
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Studying Shadows
Students measure shadows and explore the altitude of the sun. For this sun lesson students will graph the length of shadows and solar altitude against time.
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BOUNCING INFORMATION AROUND
Students examine how satellite signals are sent and duplicate it with a mirror, flashlight and black paper.
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CHARTING A COURSE
Students model how a gyroscope works with string, an old phonograph record and crayon.
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Binary Numbers
Pupils explore how a battery-powered light box demonstrates how to transmi timages.
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Get the Picture!
Astronomers practice downloading data from a high-energy satellite and translate the data into colored or shaded pixels. As a hands-on activity, they use pennies to simulate high-energy satellite data and they convert their penny...